10 Weapons of WILD WEST You've Probably Never Heard of !

hi everyone today we'll talk about firearms of the Wild West yeah a cowboy in this trusty colt 45 although Colt 45 that's kind of boring how about a cowboy with his led spewing pepper box add to that at killing harmonica a revolver shotgun combo in a pull stirring revolver them old gun Smiths were truly inventive weren't they so let us tell you about the most curious and remarkable guns of the Wild West Allen and Thurber pepper box this bizarre weapon looks something like a pocket machine gun and like a real pepper box as well the strange appearance aside these guns were quite popular in the frontier lands first they were simple and reliable second they packed enough firepower at close range and that's exactly what people needed for self-defense third they were affordable four times cheaper than a colt so unless you work pro gunslinger you were likely to opt for one of these besides Allen and Thurber offered a wide choice of models ranging from 22 to 36 in caliber and from 2 to 6 inches in barrel length they could have four barrels or five or six whatever you say as long as you pay and they come in grave - yes sir many of these budget handguns look quite fine with the frame ornaments and imitation silver inlays very pretty the main drawback of pepper boxes was that they were muzzle loaders loading was cumbersome and it took a long time but once you get one loaded pepper box has had a double action trigger which was an advanced feature at the time the army Colt for example had a single action trigger so the shooter had to cock it manually Remington Model 95 remember that movie scene when the supposedly unarmed Django all of a sudden produces a cute little double-barrel it was a model 95 double derringer a truly remarkable pistol it was tiny less than 5 inches long and weighing 11 ounces but this little thing was loaded with 41 caliber cartridges and it spewed the letteth 685 feet per second given that the 1873 army colt has a muzzle velocity of just 650 feet per second this wasn't half bad for an 11 ounce piece this handgun could fire twice before reloading once from each barrel reloading involved opening the barrel lock swiveling the barrels upwards placing the cartridges inside and putting the barrels back down all these steps for a total of two shots so you could say this derringer was a two shot single tri weapon either you hit the target on your first attempt or you were in trouble curiously the pistol had no trigger guard when not in use the trigger was stowed away within the frame fins and could be brought to readiness by cocking the gun the double derringer was intended for concealed carry and was so popular among gamblers women traders travelers and generally anyone who wished to protect themselves against a sudden attack this piece could fit easily inside a woman's purse or be hidden in the clothes overall remington sold more than 150,000 of these handy affordable sidearms to barrel 20-round pinfire revolver in an effort to create a high-capacity handgun 19th century gunsmith tried different approaches some of which were quite bizarre the French inventor lafa all came up with a model that involved two barrels and a huge cylinder housing 20 pin fire cartridges this type of cartridge was also his invention the revolver was first patented in France but eventually reached the u.s. it quickly gained popularity especially in the American South and for a good reason at that the main advantage was obvious 20 shots against the adversaries 5 or 6 with the double action firing mechanism the shooter also had an advantage in speed firing alternatively from two barrels without needing to cock the hammer the seven millimeter caliber was rather small but that's understandable the massive cylinder could not be made larger without reducing overall efficiency even the way it was the revolver felt heavy and difficult to handle the inventor tried to alleviate this by getting rid of the trigger guard instead the owner could fold the trigger and tuck it up into the frame a questionable solution true the revolver became somewhat lighter but the foldable trigger makes firing less convenient LeMat revolver Jean Alexandre LeMat was a physician by trade ironically he invented a revolver shotgun combo with considerable stopping power could be the guy got fed up with all those pesky patients in any case the PC created turned out to be powerful efficient and innovative its main feature was a smoothbore 20 gauge ii barrel that fired buckshot and since revolvers were mostly used at close range the result was devastating the other barrel was a conventional rifle board 6.5 inches long and firing 42 caliber cartridges which for the 19th century was pretty modest but the cylinder could house as many as 9 rounds not bad at all the shooter could switch between the barrels simply by shifting a lever on the hammer however this revolver had quite a few flaws and serious ones at that first the rambures lever was rather flimsy second the smoothbore ramrod would often fall off and get lost third the indexing mechanism was prone to wear for these reasons the lamotte never gained wide popularity it was deadly and versatile all right but unreliable and expensive Colt revolver rifle meet a revolver that was also a rifle although after the revolver shotgun combo it doesn't sound all that weird this revolving percussion rifle was an attempt to make a multi shot long gun and it wasn't particularly successful but there was no good alternative so no one complained essentially this rifle was the same em 1860 revolver but with the stock and a very long barrel although there was one difference the rifle was self cocking in some models the inventors went for seven or eight chamber cylinder since the weapons overall dimensions allowed for these kind of experiments but mostly it was the same old six 36 caliber or 44 caliber rounds the revolving rifle offered relatively low accuracy but made up for it in the rate of fire the ammo was easy to come by the gun required no special rifle cartridges and could fire the standard revolver rounds but despite these many advantages the weapon didn't fly it was truly difficult to handle a long gun isn't a revolver it must be held with two hands one hand would grip this rifle right in front of the cylinder and firing gas is remarkably hot getting fingers burned after each shot isn't anyone's idea of fun Noel caplock revolver there is power name's Pierre Noel named his invention a roto vulvar and the weapon turned out to reflect the name complicated and cumbersome basically it was a cap lock revolver with a cylinder axis running horizontally at the right angle to the barrel why was it this way who knows this handgun was hard to carry because of the bulging cylinder would catch on things the loading process was the whole project onto itself first you'd need to remove the cylinder so what you ask take it out load it up put it back in not so fast the weapon design simply wouldn't let you do it quickly placing the loaded cylinder back into the frame required quite some time and who would need that power-wise noeul's handgun wasn't too impressive either the 0.28 9 caliber coming out a 3.5 inch long barrel is quite modest although the foldable trigger was guarded from accidental pushes by means of a safety tab on the right side of the frame the cylinder chambers were located radially so one round was always directed squarely at the shooters face who would appreciate that gun slingers of the Old West didn't know L was able to sell a few hundred roto Volvo's after that the production collapsed even multi-shot 10 cap cylinders couldn't save it Cochrane turret revolver John Cochrane was another gunsmith who approached things from an unusual angle he invented a revolver with a cylinder rotating around a vertical pivot it looked like a close relative of noeul's roto vulvar and had the same problems the cylinder had to be removed for reloading the gun couldn't fit inside a flat holster and two rounds look straight at the shooter at all times but in terms of inconvenience Cochrane did reach a new height the shooter had to manually rotate the cylinder after each shot so you cocked the gun you fire and then you turn the drum and cock the gun again now that was innovative naturally no one would buy a marvel like that except for collectors cochrane sold 150 pieces of this in total he didn't abandon the concept though and came up first with a drum rifle and later a field gun he even managed to sell the patent to Turkish gunsmith making good money granted the artillery design never made it to production but that was the Turks problem Jonathan Browning's harmonica here's another example of a multi shot long barrel weapon and once again an ill-fated one Browning's horizontal harmonica magazine held 554 caliber cartridges firing wasn't automatic of course the shooter needed to slide the magazine by hand making sure to place the next cartridge precisely under the hammer and in alignment with the barrel don't forget that in the process of shooting the magazine got really hot this caused another problem the charges in the neighboring chambers could catch fire and in the best scenario the shooter would lose the entire load in the worst case he would end up with a few extra holes in his body to prevent chain firing gun owners smeared the Chamber's with a wax and towel mix by the way the maker of this weapon Jonathan Browning was the father of the legendary gunsmith John Moses Browning looks like gun making was a thing in that family Jonathan was a faithful Mormon he had three wives and 22 children he inscribed the words holiness to the land our preservation on all his weapons yes the first word was holiness on a 54 caliber five shooter bank tellers mounted revolver bet you haven't seen this one before this 20 shot contraption that doesn't look like anything else is still in fact a revolver it just has no handle basically is no frame either what it does have is grooves for mounting to a wall or to a counter and a trigger ending with an eyelet for a piece of rope or wire here is how this astonishing device was used it was mounted at a strategic spot on the wall under a desk etc the important thing was that the barrel would point at the person entering the room often two of these weapons were used to cover a wider area if the esteemed patron turned out to be a transgressing robber the bank teller would open fire one way was to install a pedal under the desk this was can be discrete and effective the teller would hold up his hands smile politely at the intruders and step on the pedal shooting the poor souls on the spot another way involves ropes bank tellers desks and counters were often protected with bulletproof plates at the first sign of danger the teller would duck under the desk and pull the ends of the ropes of course the opposite ends were tied to the triggers they see banks often became robbery targets in the Old West [Music] this system wasn't especially effective still even poor protection is better than no protection at all volcanic pistol the volcanic pistol is one of the first creations of the famous Smith & Wesson duo the talented inventors were still inexperienced at the time and the product they made proved problematic this handgun was supposed to benefit from multiple truly brilliant concepts but turned out to be ineffective unpredictable and unsafe volcanics main issue had to do with the case less round it used it was a conical bullet with a hollow in the rear end the hollow was filled with powder and then Stoppard with a primer naturally the amount of powder that could fit the hollow was small less than 0.01 7 ounce for a 38 round that simply wasn't enough for a 0.23 ounce bullet this kind of ammo afforded no distance accuracy or stopping power and couldn't scare a mouse on the other hand they often exploded even right at the gun store the faintest jolt could bang them against one another igniting the primers and the entire shelf would go kaboom as for the design of the pistol it was actually good the rounds were housed in a tubular underbarrel magazine turning the lever caused the rod to cock the hammer and readied the trigger at the same time the mechanism lifted a new round the return of the lever caused the hammer to load the round into the barrel chamber the barrel chamber was shut securely with a crank and rod assembly sounds familiar it should sometime later the same mechanism was used in Winchester and Henry rifles the world-famous gun maker Oliver Winchester was part of the volcanic company and picked up quite a few things there the tubular under barrel magazine was also used later in the 1871 Remington handgun which enjoyed some popularity well however all these models use more advanced rimfire rounds instead of the hazardous rocket-like bullet what an unfortunate beginning for Smith & Wesson so many excellent ideas and the pistol turned out to be a failure we hope you enjoyed the video and we want to know which one of these was your favorite let us know in the comments and if you liked the video then click the subscribe button and click the little notification bell so you'll be the first to know when a new video arrives thanks for watching and we'll see you next time [Music] [Music]

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Length: 13min 47sec (827 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 14 2019